Performance as (re)incarnation: the Sdech Kân narrative
A narrative sponsored by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen posits the prime minister as the reincarnation of sixteenth-century king Sdech Kân, a commoner who toppled the king at the time and ascended the throne. Whilst reincarnation narratives have wider Southeast Asian resonances, the reinvention of...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2013
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Journal of Southeast Asian studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 4-23 |
Further subjects: | B
Cambodia
B Party (law) B Government B Celebrity B Monarchy B Politics B Effect B Effects B History |